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L.- L. CAMPBELL,

CiGAR CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. I919.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919,

Gttmmug THE cOLUMBIA PLANOORAPII co., WASHINGTON. D. c.

nawnnnc'n L. oAMrBnLL, or PRETTY noc'K, NORTH DAKOTA.

CIGAR-CONTAINER.

Specification 'of Letters Patent.

PatentedSept. 30, 1919.

application and A ril 5, 1919. Serial No. 28%6'99.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, LAWRENCE L. CAMP- BELL, a citizen of he United States, residing at Pretty Rock, in the county of Grant and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useitul Improvements Cigar-Containers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a container for articles, preferably cigars or the like, to be sold, and the aim of the invention is to pro vide a container of this kind, in which the cigars are arranged, there being the provision of means, whereby a cigar at a time may be extracted, without disturbing or injuring the wrapper, and at the same time preventing dis lacement of the remaining cigars in the container. ery often, local cigar dealers will place five-cent cigars in cigar boxes from "which ten-cent cigars have been sold. In this way, as it is seen, the dealers are able to sell fivecent cigars for ten cents, therefore a general object of this invention is to prevent this fraudulent method. s To accomplish this result, it is the aim to attach each cigar to the box, under the revenue stamp, This attachment between the cigar and the "box consists of a tape. Each ta-pe has one end securely connected to the cigar, and its other end portion is fastened under the revenue stamp. When selling cigars, the purchaser buys the-cigar and the tape, and in this way, the dealer in selling cigars must tear the tape from under the revenue stamp, thereby mutilating' the stamp. It i's'obvious that after the box becomes empty, raetiea1ly the entire revenue stamp will have been removed or eliminated from the heir, therefore under these conditions it is not possible for the dealer to place five-cent cigars in a tencent cigar box, without disclosing the fraud.

The invention further aims to provide a container carrying a separate compartment on the cover, for the reception of cigars, and from which the cigars one at a time may be removed, without disturbing or in juring the others.

In order to permit the removal of a cigar at a time, the means employed to accomplish this embodies a tape having one end connected to the container and the other end wrapped around the cigar, and fastened between the parts of the bands of the cigar. It is obvious that to remove a cigar, it is necessary to grasp one of the tapes which will allow the cigar attached thereto to be extracted, and in such a way as not to disturb the others or injure their wrappers.

While the design and construction "at present illustrated andset forth is deemed preferable, it is obvious that as a result of a reduction of the invention to a more practical form for commercial purposes, the invention may be susceptible to changes, and the right to the e changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a "cigar box or container, showing the lid or cover open, illustrating the compartment carried thereby the bod "of the box filled with cigars, there being tapes con nected to the various cigars of each layerer tier.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 er Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the top or closure of the container showing the com partment carr ed by the closure, illustrating the cigars therein.

fieferring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates I hebo'dy of the container, which includes the usual side and end pieces 2 and 3, and the bottom 4. The endpie'ces 3 near their upper edges are provided with cutaway recesses 5, and secured adheswely to the exterior surfaces o fthe "end pieces 3, and under the usual papering of the container or cigar boir, or under the revenue stamp, is a plurality of tapes 7 which ex:- tend 'upwardly and overlie and engage the recesses or the end pieces. The bedyef the container is designed to carry twotiers or layers of cigars, and it is "lIO bG liOifBl that there are as many tapes carried by each end piece as there are cigars in each tier. Consequently the extremity of each tape 1s connected or wrapped about a cigar, under the band of the cigar as indicated at 8, so that when grasping the tape, the cigar may be easily removed from the contamer w thout disturbing the remaining cigars, or without destroying or injuring the wrapper of the cigar, which usually occurs, ow ng to the customers digging their hands in between the cigars in order to remove them.

The top or cover of the container or boX has secured thereto and in a spaced position therefrom, a cardboard member 9, the end parts 10 of which are bent at 11, and are bent over and secured to the outer surface of the top or closure, that is adhes1ve1y.

These parts 10 may be secured underv the papering of the cigar box or under the revenue stamps. The cardboard'piece 9 between theend portions 10 has cutaway portions 12, through which the tapes 13, which are connected to the cigars in the compartment 14, which is provided between the cardboard piece and the under-face .of the cover extends. The tapes 13 are secured to the outer face of the cover or closure, under the papering or under the revenue stamp. The other ends of the tapes 13 are secured to the cigars in a manner similar to the fastening of the first named tapes to the cigars in the body of the container. It is obvious that to remove the cigars in the compartment 1 L it is necessary to. rupture or tear the cardboard piece, possibly adjacent one of the end pieces 10, thereby permitting access to the cigars in the compartment. r V

In removing the cigars from the top of the box, one corner. of the cardboard member 9 may be detached from the cover, in order to permit access to the cigars between the cardboard member and the cover, whereby they may be removed one at a time. The cigars 'fastenedbetween the cardboard member and the cover also have their tapes connected to the cover under the revenue stamp, sothat when removing these cigars,- the stamp of the cover may be thoroughly mutilated by the time all of the cigars have beenconsumed. The cigars in the body of the container, as before stated, have their tapes secured under the revenue stamp, it being the 1 design of the invention, that when the cigars of the container are removed, the tapes are alsodetached from the box, thereby mutilating the revenue stamp, consequently preventing fraud. It is .to be noted that the tapes connecting the cigars between the cardboard and the cover to the cover, are interposed between the cigars and the cover, and as previouslyv stated, are connected to the cover Copies of this patent niay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing V Washington, D. 0.

under the revenue stamp. It is obviousthat by pushing a cigar from the end, which is received in the mouth, so as to protrude the f otherendof the cigar beyond the cardboard and the edge of the cover to permit it to be grasped, the cigar can be withdrawn from between the cardboard and the cover, then the tape can be pulled so as to mutilate the revenue stamp.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. In a container, the combination with a container body for the reception of tiers of cigars, a plurality of pliable connections between one end of the container body and container body, of a closure therefor provided with a cigar receiving compartment adapted to enter the container, and a separate means adapted to be carried by each individual cigar and in turn secured under the revenue stamp of the closure.

3. In a cigar container, the combination with a container cover having a cigarreceiving compartment, of individual cigar removers, secured under therevenue stamp-of thecover and in turn connected to the individual cigars in the compartment.

4. In combination with a container having acover, a member. corresponding in shape to and arranged spaced from the cover, forming a cigar receiving compartment and adapted to enter the container when the cover is closed, the opposite ends of the member having spaced means connected to the cover for holding said member spaced, the opposite ends of the cover having fiexible elements'connected thereto under the revenue stamp thereon, and in turn respectively connected to the individual cigars in the compartment. 7

In testimony whereof'I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

V Witnesses: Co A L. C MPBELL,

W. W. PRICE.

the Commissioner ofv Patents,"

LAWRENCE L. CAIVI'PBELL. V 

